论曰肾主骨髓,脑为髓海,发者脑之华髓之所养也,冲脉为经络之海,其浮而外者,循
腹
而
荣养髭发,固牙齿,补益血气。三倍丸方
丹砂(研一两) 磁石( 研二两) 陈曲(炒研三两)
上三味。捣研为末细罗,别以猪肾三只,去脂膜,用浓酒二升熬肾烂,去肾取酒和药末
,丸如绿豆大,空心温酒或熟水下二十丸。
荣养髭发,坚齿牙,补血气,益颜色,延年,地黄丸方
生地黄(三十斤捣取汁) 杏仁(三升去皮尖双仁点地黄汁研如膏) 乌麻油(一升点
地黄
汁研绞取汁) 胡桃瓤(一斤同杏仁别研) 大麻油(一升) 丁香 木香 牛膝(切) 人
参
白茯苓(去黑皮各三两) 笺香 沉香(锉) 安息香(捣如棋子水煮烂各二两) 无食子 诃
黎
勒皮(各五两) 柳枝皮(炙干) 盐花(各三两) 松脂(以布袋盛汤煮精好者自化出汤
冷自凝
如未白更换布袋煮极白取八两) 龙脑(研一分) 白蜜(一升) 酥(一斤)
上二十一味。将捣研药令极细,同诸药与地黄汁调如膏,瓷瓶盛分三瓶,每瓶约七分,
不欲令满,坐炉中砖上,四面用火,候瓶中药沸,即以柳枝搅,欲干旋添地黄汁尽为度。时
时抄看可丸乃止,候冷收药,以蜡纸盖头,勿令泄气,每食后含化一丸,如弹丸大、咽津,
日三夜一,十日觉,百日大效,初服药处净室一月,忌莱菔藕蒜,常食少生姜即速效。
治脑虚髭发枯悴,目暗。槐实膏方
槐实(去皮取黑者炒捣末一合) 马牙硝(研三钱) 生地黄(捣取自然汁一合) 酥
(炼一
两)
上四味。以银石器盛地黄汁,文武火上,先下槐实末,次下马牙硝,不停手搅,常令如
鱼眼沸,候煎减一半,即下酥,更煎三二十沸,倾出置瓷合中,每临卧,以枣核大内鼻中,
取去枕,仰卧展足,脑中出恶水勿怪。
荣养髭发。槐桃膏方
瓦松(半生半烧灰) 铁粉(铧铁醋淬十遍捣研) 羊粪(半生半烧灰) 槐枝(细锉
各一两)
胡桃仁(一斤)
上五味。除瓦松等三味外,将胡桃仁与槐枝,捣作一团,填小瓶中令实,又取槐枝斫长
二寸,密插于瓶中,与瓶口齐,更取一瓶子,须盛得前药瓶子者,勘合然后穿地坑,陷空瓶
子与地面齐,其向上瓶子,即拥马粪火烧一宿。候冷开之,其向下瓶子中漏有油清,则取此
油,调前三味涂头,每日净洗再换药。
荣养髭发。汞蛭油方
汞(一两) 干水蛭(七枚为末)
上二味。以银三两作一小合,盛汞与水蛭,以蚯蚓土和泥固济。约半指浓,深埋在马粪
中,四十九日取出,化为黑油,用鱼胞作指袋,时蘸少许,拈髭上,其油自然倒行至髭根、
变黑。
荣养髭鬓,牢牙。乌金散方
草乌头(四两) 青盐(二两)
上二味。将青盐为末,同入藏瓶内,用瓦子一片盖,瓦上钻一窍,外用纸筋泥固济,仍
留元窍候干,用火 ,黑烟尽,青烟出为度,以新黄土罨一宿,取出为末。逐日未洗面前揩
牙,候洗面了方漱、日三。
荣养髭鬓。石榴浆方
每于五月内,拣取新生酸石榴东南枝上,平坐不侧大者,于顶上用箸札眼子,深一寸以
上,用水银半两,灌眼子内,更不封闭,从风日雨露,直至十月叶落尽,方取下。壳内尽成
水,每用以小猪胞代指,于汁内旋蘸捻之,随手以水濯,其色不落,可百日不变也。
荣养髭发。三物膏方
柳枝 桑枝 槐枝(各锉一升)
上三味。以水二斗,同煮至一斗,去滓入好盐一斤,熬成膏,瓷合盛,临卧揩牙。
荣养髭发。胡桃膏方
新小胡桃(三枚)
上一味和皮捣细,用乳汁二盏,于银石器内,文武火熬。竹篦搅成膏,每用时净洗髭发
,以笔蘸点髭发上。
Commentary states: The Kidney governs the bone marrow, and the brain is the sea of marrow. Hair is the external splendor of the brain, nourished by the marrow. The Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) is the sea of the meridians; its branches floating outward follow the abdomen to nourish facial hair and scalp hair, strengthen teeth, and tonify blood and Qi.
Sanbei Wan (Triple Times Pill) Formula
Cinnabar (Danhsha, 丹砂, ground, 1 liang) Magnetite (Cishi, 磁石, ground, 2 liang) Aged Qu (Chenqu, 陈曲, stir-fried and ground, 3 liang)
The above three ingredients. Pound and grind into fine powder, sift. Separately, take three pig kidneys, remove the fatty membrane, and simmer in 2 sheng of strong wine until soft. Remove the kidneys, retain the wine, mix with the medicinal powder, and form pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine or boiled water.
Rongyang Zhifa Jianchi Ya Buxueqi Yi Yanse Yannian Dihuang Wan (Nourish Facial and Scalp Hair, Strengthen Teeth, Tonify Blood and Qi, Improve Complexion, Prolong Life, Rehmannia Pill) Formula
Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang, 生地黄, 30 jin, pounded for juice) Apricot Seed (Xingren, 杏仁, 3 sheng, peeled, tips and twin kernels removed, mixed with Rehmannia juice and ground into paste) Black Sesame Oil (Wumayou, 乌麻油, 1 sheng, mixed with Rehmannia juice, ground and pressed for juice) Walnut Kernel (Hutaorang, 胡桃瓤, 1 jin, ground separately with apricot seeds) Hemp Oil (Damayou, 大麻油, 1 sheng) Clove (Dingxiang, 丁香) Costus Root (Muxiang, 木香) Achyranthes Root (Niuxi, 牛膝, sliced) Ginseng (Renshen, 人参) White Poria (Baifuling, 白茯苓, black skin removed, each 3 liang) Jie Xiang (Jianxiang, 笺香) Agarwood (Chenxiang, 沉香, chipped) Benzoin Resin (Anshixiang, 安息香, pounded into chess-piece sized pieces, boiled in water until soft, each 2 liang) Gallnut (Wushizi, 无食子) Chebula Fruit Peel (Helilepi, 诃黎勒皮, each 5 liang) Willow Bark (Liuzhipi, 柳枝皮, stir-fried dry) Salt Flower (Yanhua, 盐花, each 3 liang) Pine Resin (Songzhi, 松脂, contained in a cloth bag, boiled in water; select high quality, let it melt naturally into the broth, cool to solidify; if not white enough, change bag and boil until very white, take 8 liang) Borneol (Longnao, 龙脑, ground, 1 fen) White Honey (Baimi, 白蜜, 1 sheng) Ghee (Su, 酥, 1 jin)
The above twenty-one ingredients. Pound and grind the medicines to extreme fineness, mix with various drugs and Rehmannia juice to form a paste. Store in porcelain bottles, divided into three bottles, each filled about seven-tenths full, do not fill completely. Place bottles on bricks in a stove, apply fire around all sides. When the medicine in the bottle boils, stir with willow branches. Add Rehmannia juice as needed until finished. Check frequently; stop when pills can be formed. After cooling, store the medicine, cover the bottle mouth with wax paper to prevent leakage. Contain one pill after each meal, size of a bullet, swallow with saliva. Three times daily, once at night. Effects seen in ten days, great effects in one hundred days. During initial medication, reside in a clean room for one month. Avoid radish, lotus root, and garlic. Frequent consumption of small amounts of fresh ginger leads to rapid effect.
Zhi Nao Xu Zhifa Kucui Mu An Huaishi Gao (Treat Brain Deficiency Causing Withered Facial/Scalp Hair and Dim Vision, Sophora Fruit Ointment) Formula
Sophora Fruit (Huaishi, 槐实, peel removed, use black ones, stir-fried and pounded to powder, 1 he) Mirabilite (Mayaxiao, 马牙硝, ground, 3 qian) Raw Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang, 生地黄, pounded for natural juice, 1 he) Ghee (Su, 酥, refined, 1 liang)
The above four ingredients. Place Rehmannia juice in a silver or stone vessel. Apply mild heat. First add Sophora fruit powder, then Mirabilite. Stir continuously, maintaining a boil resembling fish eyes. When reduced by half, add ghee. Boil for thirty to twenty more boils. Pour out and place in a porcelain box. Each time before sleep, insert a date-pit-sized amount into the nose. Remove pillow, lie supine with legs extended. Evil fluid draining from the brain is not strange.
Rongyang Zhifa Huaitao Gao (Nourish Facial and Scalp Hair, Sophora-Walnut Ointment) Formula
Wall Moss (Wasong, 瓦松, half raw, half calcined to ash) Iron Powder (Tiefen, 铁粉, quenched ten times in vinegar using plow iron, pounded and ground) Sheep Feces (Yangfen, 羊粪, half raw, half calcined to ash) Sophora Branch (Huazhi, 槐枝, finely chipped, each 1 liang) Walnut Kernel (Hetaoren, 胡桃仁, 1 jin)
The above five ingredients. Excluding Wall Moss, etc., pound Walnut Kernels and Sophora Branches together into a mass, pack tightly into a small bottle. Cut Sophora branches to two cun length, insert densely into the bottle, flush with the rim. Take another bottle capable of holding the first bottle. Align them, dig a pit, bury the empty outer bottle level with the ground. Place the inner bottle containing the mixture inside. Burn with horse manure overnight. After cooling, open. The clear oil dripping into the lower bottle is collected. Mix this oil with the first three ingredients to apply to the head. Wash cleanly daily and replace medicine.
Rongyang Zhifa Hongzhi You (Nourish Facial and Scalp Hair, Mercury-Leech Oil) Formula
Mercury (Hong, 汞, 1 liang) Dried Leech (Ganshizhi, 干水蛭, 7 specimens, pounded to powder)
The above two ingredients. Make a small container from 3 liang of silver, hold mercury and leeches. Seal firmly with mud made from earthworm soil. Thickness approx. half finger width. Bury deeply in horse manure for forty-nine days. Retrieve; it transforms into black oil. Use fish bladder as a finger cot. Dip occasionally, rub onto beard. The oil naturally travels to the beard roots, turning them black.
Rongyang Zhibin Laoya Wujin San (Nourish Beard and Sideburns, Firm Teeth, Black Gold Powder) Formula
Aconite Root (Caowutou, 草乌头, 4 liang) Green Salt (Qingyan, 青盐, 2 liang)
The above two ingredients. Pound green salt to powder, put into a storage bottle. Cover with a tile, drill a hole in the tile. Seal externally with paper-mud, leaving the original hole. Dry, then roast with fire until black smoke ceases and blue smoke appears. Cover with new yellow earth overnight. Retrieve and powder. Rub teeth daily before washing face. Rinse mouth after washing face. Three times daily.
Rongyang Zhibin Shiliu Jiang (Nourish Beard and Sideburns, Pomegranate Juice) Formula
In May, select fresh sour pomegranates from southeast branches, large fruits grown upright without tilting. Poke a hole on top with chopsticks, depth over one cun. Pour in half liang of mercury. Do not seal. Expose to wind, sun, rain, and dew until October when leaves fall. Harvest. The shell contents become liquid. Use a small pig bladder as a finger dipper. Dip and twist in the juice. Rinse with water immediately. Color does not fade, remains unchanged for one hundred days.
Rongyang Zhifa Sanwu Gao (Nourish Facial and Scalp Hair, Three-Ingredient Ointment) Formula
Willow Branch (Liuzhi, 柳枝) Mulberry Branch (Sangzhi, 桑枝) Sophora Branch (Huazhi, 槐枝) (Each chopped, 1 sheng)
The above three ingredients. Boil in two dou of water until reduced to one dou. Strain dregs. Add one jin of good salt. Simmer into ointment. Store in porcelain box. Rub teeth before sleep.
Rongyang Zhifa Hetao Gao (Nourish Facial and Scalp Hair, Walnut Ointment) Formula
Fresh Small Walnuts (Xinxiao Hetao, 新小胡桃, 3 pieces)
The above single ingredient. Pound finely with peel. Use two zhan of milk. Simmer in silver or stone vessel with mild heat. Stir with bamboo spatula into paste. When using, wash beard and hair cleanly. Dip brush in paste and apply to beard and hair.